Captain Raja, a senior maritime professional with almost 20 years with American Eagle Tankers (AET) as master and ashore in Health, Safety, Security and Environment positions, has been appointed as...
Finland is considering increasing aid to owners of nationally flagged fleets who invest in environmental initiatives.
Lloyd's List reports:
Finland mulls new green aid to shipowners
Wednesday 30...
Wall Street Journal August 6, 2014 - by John D. McKinnon
Talk of cracking down on U.S. Corporations that move offshore is making some companies nervous - notably foreign owned concerns. The...
The Marine Safety Manual provides information and interpretations on international conventions and U.S. statutory and regulatory issues relating to marine industry personnel. The last revisions were...
Newly appointed Head of the Panamanian Ship Registry Fernando Solórzano recently spoke with Seatrade Global about his new position, previously held by Alfonso Castillero, the challenges the...
Alfonso Castillero has stepped down from the highest position with the Panamanian registry, accepting a Vice Presidential role at the Liberian Registry.
According to an interview with Seatrade Global...
Gibraltar hosted fellow Red Ensign Group member states at the 26th Annual Red Ensign Group conference June 30th - July 4th, 2014.
The Red Ensign Group reports:
Gibraltar hosts REG Conference -...
The Indian Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) innsued an order allowing foreign flagging of ships owned by Indian entititries subject to certain conditions (7/23/14)
Our friends at Lloyd's Register brought the following to our attention - The Caribbean Memorandum of Understanding (CMOU) on port state control will launch its second concentrated inspection...
With MLC, 2006 in force, one might hope to see a reduction in the number of seafarers without visas; yet, recent data collected by SCI shows that not only are shipowners failing to pay for crewmember...
